Third Grade Weekly Newsletter
February 16, 2016
Science:
We will test over rocks on Tuesday.
Curriculum Corner
ELA
To help prepare for the South
Carolina Ready Test, we are
combining our reading and writing.
What we read in shared reading we
will also be writing about. Our focus
will be teaching students to be close
readers and be able to think and
write about the text. This week our
focused text will be about whales.
Students will write an essay using the
text from the last three weeks.
Math
We will continue studying fractions.
This week we will focus on fractions
on a number line, how to read a
ruler and use it to measure and
finally how to make a line plot for
data collected.
Homework:
Read 20 minutes every night
Math worksheet
Spelling: write words 3 times, abc
order, sentences, and study
Social Studies:
We will begin our unit on the
creatiion and organization of the US
government.
Spelling List/
Vocabulary
1. because
2. always
3. almost
4. coming
5. knew
6. skate
7. planes
8. date
9. snowflake
10. mistake
11. kite
12. bites
13. retire
14. hired
15. admire
Upcoming Dates:
Feb. 18-PTSO
“Love”-5:30
22- Interim
Reports